Dragon Age : Origins - An utter disappointment ?

[Dejanus]

The fact is, that with 2-3 hours of playtime, you may have barely experienced 1/10 of the game. My friend, making a judgment on that is ludicrous.

And to the guy badmouthing EA: I thought this hogwash ended when they started pumping out quality every year. Where the hell do you get off?

 

[Skelebob124156]

DAO is best game I played since well ever...

first I disliked it and trew it away.
then I played it again.
then I was in love with it.
now we are maried

it takes some time but inside that game is a lot of fun.

True sometimes a game just dosen't grab you straight away. With me it was STALKER at first I despised it's very existence, gave it another go now it is one of my favorite game series (despite the bugs) even bought the special edition of COP.
Give it another go and it you still don't like it fair do's, it's all down to personal taste in the end.

 

[HK_01]

Well, not the game's fault if you don't like proper RPGs. I immensely enjoyed it, much more so than Mass Effect.

 

[RawFrawg]

you do realize you can download mods that take care of your "where dah boobs at?" problem in ways that put The Witcher to shame.

should've known, from san andreas to world of warcraft, modders always find a way to bring boobs to the masses.

 

[Daroesb]

I gave up at the final boss, i played for about 20+ hours before that and when i got to the final boss i just felt that i had wasted those 20+ hours

 

[Captain Pirate]

isnt hugh laurie english? LOL

Exactly my point, but apparently a lot of people think he's American due to his good fake accent.
Which is why I think it would be funny if, for an English version, an American actor who does a really good English accent, thus making everyone think he's English, should play the English House.

 

[PxDn Ninja]

You have different tastes than others?

Personally I really enjoyed the game, but there are other games I have played that have gotten great reviews and praise that I didn't enjoy to much.

This is most likely. I felt the story and gameplay were top notch. One of the few games on xbox I nearly got all the achievements for. It is all in taste.

I hate Street Fighter and Smash Bros for the same reasons you hate Dragon Age (aside from story, as SF and SB don't have one that really matters). Terrible gameplay and piss poor graphics, along with many other issues I am not going to derail this thread with.

The point is, those games are popular because with their target market, they are prime. With the people who enjoy what Dragon Age is, Dragon Age does it very well.

 

[David Bray]

Yeah. I played through it and thought it was ok, but it's lack of canon, the bite-you-on-the-arse friend system, and just the general lack of ideas rubbed me the wrong way. I took it out of the drive and played Mass Effect 2 instead.
Now that's a game.

 

[faspxina]

I say you play a bit more. You can't really judge the whole game until you finished it.

read this now [link]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points/8149-Experienced-Points-Your-Favorite-Game-Sucks[/link]

nah

 

[SpireOfFire]

i really looked forward to dragon age, and i enjoyed the first 2 or 3 playthroughs. but soon, you realize its the same game no matter what origin or choices you make. it got old really quick.

 

[jamescorck]

I wasn't dissapointed with the game until I reached the end. It's the same with almost every Bioware RPG. It starts really slow, but when then it ends in less than an hour. I literally played through the game for 36 hours, which is a good length for an RPG. But of those only 1 hour and some minutes belong to the ending.

Still, the first 30 hours are some of the most memorable.

 

[kek13]

Eh, I enjoyed it.. I liked it enough to play through it twice and I'm considering another play through as a Dwarf peasant.

 

[Sebenko]

Eh... I managed to get to the last boss before I realised I didn't really like it.

 

[Tharwen]

I love the graphics! I honestly don't understand why people say they're bad.

I like the game itself because it's so similar to Summoner, and that's a very, very good thing.

 

[Hosker]

I loved that game, and still do! It is easy to see why people wouldn't though

 

[Kelethor]

Ahem....Too Quote A british Australian

Short answer: No

Long answer: No, and give the game a fair shake. its a brilliant RPG, very well written, the characters are all incredibly well thought and voice acted. There are no Rikku's In this game.

It is a good rpg because...?
Could you add some substance to your answer.

Alright, Well...The Characters (Especially your companions) are all well voice acted and written, one of my favorites being Sten. The combat is deceptively simple, giving you only three classes to choose from, but expanding on those classes with various tech trees for different weapons, as well as the more advanced classes that can be unlocked later on, making combat even more intricate. the tactic slot system, which is incredibly useful when used on the Console versions because it allows you to automatically set your party members too preform certain actions if your busy with your main character. (Say a character falls below 50% health, set a tactic slot for your mage to cast heal on that party member).

An incredible story set in it's own exciting universe, filled with interesting people and party members, and a combat system that you can basically fiddle with to your heart's content...That, my friend, is substance.

 

[GonzoGamer]

I say you play a bit more. You can't really judge the whole game until you finished it.

Dragon Age didn't make me want to play it. Why would I play the whole game if just to judge it if I can't stand the first few hours?
This may seem stupid, but I personally consider a game bad if it genuinely makes me not want to play it to the end. Dragon Age being a prime example.
Mass Effect being the only anomaly; I think it's very good, gameplay was very fun, I just didn't like the talking. I saw why it was good though, and respect it's success.

Well...
I wasn?t too impressed with Fallout 3 after only the first couple of hours. I certainly am glad I played on though because after the slow start, it became my favorite game of this gen.
That said, after playing through quite a bit of DAO, my opinion of it didn?t improve. I can?t say it?s a terrible game but IMO it was a little too plotted to be a proper rpg but mixed in it was all the elements of an rpg. I also wasn?t very fond of the soundtrack or the extensive amounts of dialogue which all gave it a hint of pretentiousness it could?ve done without.
Like I said, it isn?t a terrible game but I can?t say I?m really looking forward to the sequel either.
Here?s the thing, in an rpg I like to feel like I?m creating the story as I go along and with DAO, I just felt like I was playing through a story being dictated to me.

 

[Captain Pirate]

Well...
I wasn?t too impressed with Fallout 3 after only the first couple of hours. I certainly am glad I played on though because after the slow start, it became my favorite game of this gen.
That said, after playing through quite a bit of DAO, my opinion of it didn?t improve. I can?t say it?s a terrible game but IMO it was a little too plotted to be a proper rpg but mixed in it was all the elements of an rpg. I also wasn?t very fond of the soundtrack or the extensive amounts of dialogue which all gave it a hint of pretentiousness it could?ve done without.
Like I said, it isn?t a terrible game but I can?t say I?m really looking forward to the sequel either.
Here?s the thing, in an rpg I like to feel like I?m creating the story as I go along and with DAO, I just felt like I was playing through a story being dictated to me.

Exactly! Said what I felt with less swearing. ^ This, this this thiiiis.
An RPG in my opinion is like Fallout, and, even though I wasn't too happy with it, Oblivion, where you have total freedom to do whatever. And make your own story, not get given one.

 

[Eduku]

Well...
I wasn?t too impressed with Fallout 3 after only the first couple of hours. I certainly am glad I played on though because after the slow start, it became my favorite game of this gen.
That said, after playing through quite a bit of DAO, my opinion of it didn?t improve. I can?t say it?s a terrible game but IMO it was a little too plotted to be a proper rpg but mixed in it was all the elements of an rpg. I also wasn?t very fond of the soundtrack or the extensive amounts of dialogue which all gave it a hint of pretentiousness it could?ve done without.
Like I said, it isn?t a terrible game but I can?t say I?m really looking forward to the sequel either.
Here?s the thing, in an rpg I like to feel like I?m creating the story as I go along and with DAO, I just felt like I was playing through a story being dictated to me.

Exactly! Said what I felt with less swearing. ^ This, this this thiiiis.
An RPG in my opinion is like Fallout, and, even though I wasn't too happy with it, Oblivion, where you have total freedom to do whatever. And make your own story, not get given one.

I think the thing is they are as much RPG as each other. Rather, there is never just something which makes it an RPG, just different types of RPG.

 

[Captain Pirate]

I think the thing is they are as much RPG as each other. Rather, there is never just something which makes it an RPG, just different types of RPG.

Hence why I said this.

An RPG in my opinion is like Fallout, and, even though I wasn't too happy with it, Oblivion, where you have total freedom to do whatever.